National Post: Married people more likely to be economically successful, study says

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February 25, 2014
| by Misty Harris

“Across all age levels, income is the predictor as to whether somebody is going to be married or not,” said study co-author Peter Jon Mitchell, senior researcher at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. “But it’s not primarily a public policy problem or something for government to solve. It’s probably more of a cultural issue that speaks to how we understand and ‘do’ marriage.”